tent1top to bottom: A-frame, dome, and cabin tentstent 1 (t?nt)n.1. A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes.2. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: “her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle” (Anne Tyler).v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents v.intr. To camp in a tent.v.tr.1. To form a tent over.2. To supply with or put up in tents.[Middle English, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, from feminine past participle of Latin tendere, to stretch out; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]tent 2 (t?nt)n. A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.[Middle English tente, from Old French, from tenter, to probe, from Latin tent?re, to feel, try; see tentative.]tent 3 (t?nt)tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents Scots 1. To pay heed to.2. To attend; wait on.[Middle English tenten, from tent, attention, short for attent, from Old French attente, from Vulgar Latin *attendita, from feminine past participle of Latin attendere, to wait on; see attend.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.tent (t?nt) n1. a. a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropesb. (as modifier): tent peg. 2. something resembling this in function or shapevb3. (intr) to camp in a tent4. (tr) to cover with or as if with a tent or tents5. (tr) to provide with a tent as shelter[C13: from Old French tente, from Latin tent?rium something stretched out, from tendere to stretch] ?tented adj ?tentless adj ?tent?like adjtent (t?nt) medn (Medicine) a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patencyvb (Medicine) (tr) to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc)[C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin tempt?re to try; see tempt]tent (t?nt) n (Brewing) obsolete a red table wine from Alicante, Spain[C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see tint]tent (t?nt) nheed; attentionvb (tr) 1. to pay attention to; take notice of2. to attend to[C14: from attent attend and intent] ?tenter nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tent1 (t?nt) n. 1. a portable shelter or temporary structure of fabric or skins supported by poles and usu. secured by stakes in the ground. 2. something that resembles a tent. 3. tent dress. v.t. 4. to provide with or lodge in tents. v.i. 5. to live in a tent; encamp. [1275?1325; Middle English tente